Venue information
'Regulation of protein trafficking and function by palmitoylation' will take place at St. Anne's College, Oxford.
St. Anne's College
Woodstock Road
Oxford, OX2 6HS
United Kingdom
Lectures will take place in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre.
St Anne's College is part of the University of Oxford. For more information, please see the College website.
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Venue map
St. Anne's site map.
St. Anne's in Oxford.
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Travelling to the venue
On arrival please go to the Porters' Lodge on Woodstock Road.
On foot or by bicycle
Pedestrians and cyclists are welcomed at St Anne's, with ample provision of bicycle racks on College property. There is also a side gate adjacent to these racks for use by members of the College during the day. Visitors should come to the Lodge on Woodstock Road, where they will be directed to the bicycle storage area. For information on cycle routes in Oxford, please consult the Oxfordshire County Council website.
By car
The city centre is best avoided by approaching College from the north on the A4165 Banbury Road or A4144 Woodstock Road, both of which are accessible from the ring road. Sat Nav users should enter the postcode OX2 6HT.
If using the M40 from the north leave at Junction 9, but from the south-east leave at Junction 8. However, on-road parking near College is near impossible, and unauthorized parking in College is prohibited. In some cases, a short stay parking permit can be arranged in advance by your host.
Park-and-ride
There are five park-and-rides available on the outskirts of Oxford, so you are sure to find one no matter from which direction you have driven. They are all clearly sign-posted, linked to the centre of the city by regular bus services, and open 24 hours per day (bus services run until about 9.30 pm).
By rail
There are frequent direct trains to Oxford station from London Paddington and regular links northwards via Birmingham, southwards via Reading, and westwards via Didcot. Railtrack have an online timetable. The station is a 15 minute walk from St Anne's, but there is of course a taxi rank at the station.
By coach
There are very frequent services from London Victoria Station and operated by Oxford Bus Company (‘Oxford Express’) and Stagecoach (‘Oxford Tube’), as well as from Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. A rather less frequent service connects with Birmingham International airports. There are connections with many other parts of the country, including a direct service to Cambridge. The central bus and coach depot (Gloucester Green) is a 10 minute walk south of the College.
By air
The most convenient arrival airport is London Heathrow, from which there is a frequent express coach service to Oxford (see above). London Gatwick is a little further, but again there is direct coach service to and from Oxford.
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Registration fees and forms
Registration is no longer available.
Residential registration fees (with accommodation)
Full/Early Career Member: £380
Non Member: £480
Student Member: £280
Registration includes two nights accommodation (23 and 24 August), lunches, refreshments, an evening meal on the 23 August and the conference dinner on the 24 August.
Non residential registration fees (no accommodation)
Full/Early Career Member: £240
Non Member: £340
Student Member: £170
Registration includes lunches, refreshments, an evening meal on the 23 August and the conference dinner on the 24 August.
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Payment of fees
All payments must be made prior to the meeting. Please note that invoices for registration fees will not be issued.
Credit card/Debit card
(Preferred method of payment, and the only acceptable form of payment for online registration).
The following credit/debit cards will be accepted:
Mastercard, American Express and Visa.
If you wish to pay by cheque, bank draft or bank transfer please contact the Conference Office.
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Confirmation email
At the final stage of the online registration process, all registered delegates will be directed to a confirmation page and receive a separate email to confirm registration details. This confirmation should be checked carefully to ensure that all requirements are correct. In particular, the spelling of names and affiliations should be checked, as this information will be used to create badges.
Confirmation emails also act as a receipt. Please bring a copy of the email with you to the meeting.
If you have not received a confirmation email two weeks before the meeting, please contact the Conference Office.
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Registering at the meeting
Please bring your confirmation email to present at the registration desk at the meeting. Badges will be issued upon registering and, for security reasons, must be worn for the duration of the meeting.
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Student bursaries
The maximum bursary available for a Focused Meeting or Annual Symposium is £200 in the UK and £300 overseas.
For an Independent Meeting sponsored by the Society the maximum bursary available is £100.
- Students can apply for a Student Bursary if they are a member of the Society by the closing date for poster abstract submission for the particular event they wish to attend.
- If you apply for a Student Bursary to attend a meeting you must submit a poster abstract for presentation at the meeting.
- Students may only apply for one Student Bursary in any year.
How to apply:
The online registration form for the meeting should be completed along with the Student Bursary Application Form.
Subject to approval, applicants will receive a bank transfer of the appropriate amount of funds after the meeting. Payment of funds will be initiated within 10 working days after the last day of the meeting. Please note that overseas payments might take longer to reach the recipient's account.
The maximum amount for travel expenses that will be reimbursed will be at the level of the current Young Persons Railcard fare. If the application does not use up the full amount of the Bursary, the balance cannot be transferred to another meeting. Please note that you may apply for a bursary at the Registration Desk, or up to four weeks after the meeting.
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Poster abstract submission
Abstract submission deadline EXTENDED: 27 June 2012
Abstract submission is now closed. If you would like to submit a late abstract please contact the conference office.
Abstract submission guidelines
The maximum number of words allowed in your abstract body is 230. Please note that author details will be added on the final page of the submission process (do not add your author list or affiliation details to either of the fields on this page). The preferred method for submission is to type your abstract straight into the online submission form, or alternatively paste the text from a word-processed document. The ‘Full title’ should be presented sentence case (not in Title Case or BLOCK CAPITALS), that is only the first letter of the title or appropriate terms such as abbreviations or proper nouns should be upper case. Please do not include tables, figures or references in the abstract as these will be removed before your abstract is published.
Has my abstract been accepted?
After submitting your abstract you should receive a submission number which will identify your abstract. If you have not received a submission number, then please contact the conference office.
Approximately 2 weeks after the abstract submission deadline has passed, you will receive an email informing you whether your poster has been accepted or not and informing you of your poster number and session time.
All poster abstracts will be available to view online two weeks prior to the meeting.
Poster Board size: 1m wide x 2m high (portrait).
Velcro to mount your poster will be provided at the meeting.
The Biochemical Society is working with the new open access poster repository, F1000 Posters, to host online the posters from this event. Authors will be asked if they wish to deposit a PDF of their poster presentation(s) from this meeting once there abstract has been accepted.
Faculty of 1000 is expanding its award-winning post-publication literature evaluation service by including evaluations of posters from across the major life science and medical conferences. The Faculty of ~10,000 world-renowned experts will be regularly reviewing new posters deposited in F1000 Posters for selection and evaluation in F1000. The selection of poster PDFs for evaluation will bring the attention of a much wider audience than can be achieved by attending a single conference.
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Accommodation
More information to follow.
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Biochemical Journal Poster Prize
A Biochemical Journal Poster Prize of £250 will be awarded to the best poster presented at this meeting by a researcher in the early stages of their career (post-graduate or first post-doctoral position).
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Refreshments
At the meeting
Lunch and refreshments will be provided for all attendees and will be included in the registration fee.
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Dietary requirements
Should you have any special dietary requirements, please indicate this on the registration form. Alternatively, please inform the Conference Office as changes to the menu cannot be made at the meeting.
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Disabled access
Disabled access is available. If you require assistance during the meeting please contact the Conference Office.
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Sponsors and trade exhibition
The following companies will be sponsoring the meeting:
Biochemical Society Transactions
Portland Press Ltd
Biochemical Journal
Please feel free to view our sponsorship and trade exhibition opportunities at this meeting.
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the meeting please contact the Conference Office.
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Refunds
Cancellations will be accepted in writing until 10 August 2012, and a refund (less £15 administration charge) will be issued.
After this date, neither full nor partial refunds can be given. Please note that refunds of less than £15 cannot be issued.
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Official letters of invitation
Official letters of invitation, which are intended to assist with administrative arrangements in certain countries will only be issued when the individual has completed the following criteria:
1) Submitted an abstract which has been approved by the meeting scientific organizer for inclusion into the relevant meeting
2) Sent a letter from the head of their academic department on University headed paper saying why they need to attend the meeting in relation to their research
3) Registered and paid for the meeting
Such letters do not imply commitment of financial or other support by the organizers
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Tweeting and Blogging
With increasing frequency, conference attendees at scientific conferences are using Twitter or blogs to share and highlight interesting information discussed at conferences, and also to network with each other. The Biochemical Society has created the following policy with regards to the use of networking sites at Biochemical Society conferences.
The Biochemical Society’s Twitter and blogging policy
Harden Conferences and Hot Topic Events
Proceedings and abstracts of Harden Conferences and Hot Topic Events are unpublished, in order to promote the exchange of novel information and ideas. Delegates are asked to respect the closed nature of the conferences, and not to report information discussed via Twitter, Facebook, blogs and similar social networks.
Focused Meetings, Workshops and Annual Symposia
The Biochemical Society encourages the discussion of its conferences via Twitter, Facebook and similar social networks. In order to promote discussion and the exchange of information, delegates who wish to tweet are asked to use the Biochemical Society hashtag:
#biochemsoc
Speakers will be made aware of this policy, and have the right to ask delegates not to disseminate their research via the Internet. If a Speaker makes this request, delegates are asked not to discuss the relevant work in this way. Delegates are respectfully asked to refrain from communicating using mobile devices whilst lectures are in progress.
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Continuing Professional Development
The Focused Meeting 'Regulation of protein trafficking and function by palmitoylation' has been approved for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by the Society of Biology. Participants can claim 54 credits for attending. These points are valid if attendees are registered on the Society of Biology CPD scheme. Approval signifies that the Society of Biology recognizes the meeting is of merit to the development needs of participants. Attendees can request a CPD certificate for this conference whilst completing the post event feedback questionnaire, which will be sent by email to all attendees shortly after the meeting.
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Contact Us
If you require any further information, please contact:
The Conference Office
The Biochemical Society
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UK
Email: conferences@biochemistry.org
Telephone (Conference Office): +44 (0)207 685 2450
Telephone (Main reception): +44 (0)207 685 2400
Fax: +44 (0)207 685 2467
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Disclaimer
The information on this website is regularly updated. Although at the time of publication the information contained on this web site is believed to be correct, neither the Speakers, Organizers nor the Biochemical Society assume any responsibility for any errors or omissions herein contained. Delegates who plan on attending meetings are advised to check the website has not been amended, and if in doubt, contact the Conference Office to confirm meeting start and finish dates before booking transport and accommodation. In addition, delegates who have not received confirmation of their registration should contact the Conference Office to confirm their attendance before making arrangements to attend.
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